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Serious question. We can agree that the 1st world are the westernised democracies and I think we all know what we mean when we talk about a 3rd world country but I've never been clear about the 2nd world.
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2nd world Was The communist world
So Sovjet Union Eastern Europe China 1st and 2nd world are no longer used But the 3rd world is ------------------ ![]() The Last Of the Red Fluffies ![]() Member of the Ancients Club (@ age 16 ![]() High Magician of the Order of the Holy Flame "Dream a Dreamers Dream And Know It Is But A Dream" |
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Why do you bring this subject up anyway?
has this anything to do with my post about the "First World" having no capital punishment except USA? ------------------ ![]() The Last Of the Red Fluffies ![]() Member of the Ancients Club (@ age 16 ![]() High Magician of the Order of the Holy Flame "Dream a Dreamers Dream And Know It Is But A Dream" |
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I always thought that the 2nd world were the old Warsaw Pact countries.
I don't think these groupings are used anymore - You have FDC (Fully Developed Countries), LDC (Least Developed Countries) and something else in between. ------------------ ![]() ![]() |
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Good Point... never figured that out, myself!! LOL
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Correct me if i'm wrong but weren't All Communist country's except China part of the Warsaw pact? ------------------ ![]() The Last Of the Red Fluffies ![]() Member of the Ancients Club (@ age 16 ![]() High Magician of the Order of the Holy Flame "Dream a Dreamers Dream And Know It Is But A Dream" |
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Very likely Rikard, I wondered if Japan was a First World country. When I get a question like this in my head it won't go away without an answer. BTW - you've contradicted yourself, in your previous post you said First World isn't used any more but you've just reminded me that you used it yesterday ![]() ------------------ ![]() Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas |
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I used it between "these things"
so it's not used but ehm erm used ![]() To be honest i haven't thought about that whole first world second world thing untill the Whole McVeigh/Capital Punishment debate ------------------ ![]() The Last Of the Red Fluffies ![]() Member of the Ancients Club (@ age 16 ![]() High Magician of the Order of the Holy Flame "Dream a Dreamers Dream And Know It Is But A Dream" |
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Thinking about it now, I'm not sure if the 2nd World included China or not...I have a feeling that they (the economists that came up with this stuff) were thinking more of state-based industrial communist economies at the time - China would have been an agricultural-based economy back in the late 40s and early 50s. I could be wrong though, it's been 10 years since I studied this. ![]() ------------------ ![]() ![]() |
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